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Long Live the FCPA?

The Trump administration has taken significant action this week to overhaul the executive branch’s long-standing policy toward the prosecution of white collar offenses. First, a memo issued by newly confirmed U.S. Attorney...more

DOJ Highlights Commitment to Enforcing Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Ericsson to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $200 Million for...

In October 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) accused Ericsson Inc., a Swedish telecommunications manufacturer, of breaching a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) that stemmed from charges that Ericsson violated the...more

DOJ Revamps Incentives for Companies to ‘Come Forward, Cooperate, and Remediate’

On January 17, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division, announced it has reassessed and strengthened its Corporate Enforcement Policy, which applies to all corporate criminal matters (including Foreign...more

The First FCPA Resolution of 2022 Revisits Old Themes

On February 17, 2022, KT Corporation (KT, formerly known as Korea Telecom) resolved a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to corruption schemes in...more

Trends in White Collar Crime Enforcement: Looking Back on 2021 and Ahead to 2022

Theranos, Trump Organization, Operation Varsity Blues, DEI, ESG and More: Experts Expect SEC and DOJ Actions to Ramp Up in 2022- 2022 will likely be a lot like 2021, only more so. With most key federal positions filled,...more

District Court Imposes Limits on the Extraterritorial Reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Money Laundering Control...

In a rare court-room victory for a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)1 defendant, on November 10, 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed a three-count indictment against Daisy...more

Best Practices To Ensure DPA Compliance After Ericsson

On Oct. 21, Ericsson Inc. disclosed that the U.S. Department of Justice asserted that the company had "breached its obligations" under a 2019 deferred prosecution agreement "by failing to provide certain documents and factual...more

DOJ 'Invigorates' Efforts to Combat Corporate and White Collar Crimes

The Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), under the leadership of Attorney General Merrick Garland, has expressed that one of its top priorities in corporate criminal matters is “to prosecute the individuals who commit...more

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